Analysis of The Young Usurper
George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)
On my darling's bosom
Has dropped a living rosy bud,
Fair as brilliant Hesper
Against the brimming flood.
She handles him,
She dandles him,
She fondles him and eyes him:
And if upon a tear he wakes,
With many a kiss she dries him:
She covets every move he makes,
And never enough can prize him.
Ah, the young Usurper!
I yield my golden throne:
Such angel bands attend his hands
To claim it for his own.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 11010101 111010 010101 1101 111 111011 01010111 11001111 110100111 01001111 1011 111101 11010111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 410 |
Words | 79 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 312 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 77 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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